Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict

This paper uses a unique data set to analyze the migration dynamics of refugees, returnees, and internally displaced people during the Northern Mali conflict. Individuals were interviewed monthly using mobile phones. The results cast light on the c...

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Main Authors:	Hoogeveen, Johannes G., Rossi, Mariacristina, Sansone, Dario
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	REFUGEES CONFLICT MIGRATION FORCED MIGRATION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314851490196178166/Leaving-staying-or-coming-back-migration-decisions-during-the-northern-Mali-conflict http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26353

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spelling	okr-10986-263532021-06-08T14:42:48Z Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict Hoogeveen, Johannes G. Rossi, Mariacristina Sansone, Dario REFUGEES CONFLICT MIGRATION FORCED MIGRATION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT This paper uses a unique data set to analyze the migration dynamics of refugees, returnees, and internally displaced people during the Northern Mali conflict. Individuals were interviewed monthly using mobile phones. The results cast light on the characteristics of these three groups before and after the crisis. In addition, the paper tests how employment status, security, and expectations affect people's willingness to go back home. The findings suggest that the decision to return is affected by a comparison of (opportunity) costs and benefits, but also by other factors. Individuals who are employed while displaced are less willing to go back to the North, as are better educated individuals or those receiving assistance. The opposite is true for those whose ethnicity is Songhai, as well as for those who originated from Kidal. The results show that higher educated individuals performed better when displaced and in case they decide to return, they find a job more easily. 2017-04-13T16:40:15Z 2017-04-13T16:40:15Z 2017-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314851490196178166/Leaving-staying-or-coming-back-migration-decisions-during-the-northern-Mali-conflict http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26353 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8012 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Mali
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spellingShingle	REFUGEES CONFLICT MIGRATION FORCED MIGRATION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT Hoogeveen, Johannes G. Rossi, Mariacristina Sansone, Dario Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict
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description	This paper uses a unique data set to analyze the migration dynamics of refugees, returnees, and internally displaced people during the Northern Mali conflict. Individuals were interviewed monthly using mobile phones. The results cast light on the characteristics of these three groups before and after the crisis. In addition, the paper tests how employment status, security, and expectations affect people's willingness to go back home. The findings suggest that the decision to return is affected by a comparison of (opportunity) costs and benefits, but also by other factors. Individuals who are employed while displaced are less willing to go back to the North, as are better educated individuals or those receiving assistance. The opposite is true for those whose ethnicity is Songhai, as well as for those who originated from Kidal. The results show that higher educated individuals performed better when displaced and in case they decide to return, they find a job more easily.
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author	Hoogeveen, Johannes G. Rossi, Mariacristina Sansone, Dario
author_facet	Hoogeveen, Johannes G. Rossi, Mariacristina Sansone, Dario
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title	Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict
title_short	Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict
title_full	Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict
title_fullStr	Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict
title_full_unstemmed	Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict
title_sort	leaving, staying, or coming back? : migration decisions during the northern mali conflict
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314851490196178166/Leaving-staying-or-coming-back-migration-decisions-during-the-northern-Mali-conflict http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26353
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Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict

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